Netflix introduced on Wednesday that it’ll add Earwig and the Witch, Goro Miyazaki‘s anime of Diana Wynne Jones‘ novel of the identical identify and Studio Ghibli‘s first CG function, for customers outdoors the USA and Japan on November 18. (Netflix‘s Studio Ghibli catalog as a complete isn’t accessible in the USA and Japan.)

Netflix additionally reported that 55 million households have streamed a Ghibli movie on its service since final yr.

Goro Miyazaki‘s anime adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones‘ novel of the identical identify premiered on Japanese tv by NHK Basic on December 30 final yr. His father and studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is credited for the film’s planning and improvement. Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki produced the movie. French distributor Wild Bunch Worldwide is serving because the function’s worldwide gross sales agent.

Jones printed the novel in 2011, and writer HarperCollins describes the story:

Not each orphan would love residing at St. Morwald’s Residence for Kids, however Earwig does. She will get no matter she needs, at any time when she needs it, and it has been that approach since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a child. However all that modifications the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald’s, disguised as foster dad and mom. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious home filled with invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic round each nook. Most youngsters would run in terror from a home like that . . . however not Earwig. Utilizing her personal cleverness—with quite a lot of assist from a speaking cat—she decides to indicate the witch who’s boss.

The movie was slated to open in theaters in Japan on April 29, however the movie’s opening was delayed because of the new coronavirus illness (COVID-19) pandemic, lastly opening on August 27.

GKIDS and Fathom Occasions started screening the movie in 430 theaters in the USA on February 3. The movie ranked at #11 in the USA in its opening weekend, incomes US$99,941 for a complete of US$132,768. The movie screened in Japanese with English subtitles and in English. HBO Max started streaming the movie on February 5 within the U.S. GKIDS releaseed the movie on digital platforms on March 23 and on Blu-ray Disc on April 6.

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